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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1994

AT
(202) 616-2771
TDD (202) 514-1888

DEPUTY ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL NAMED
TO OVERSEE ANTITRUST LITIGATION

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Joseph H. Widmar, Director of
Operations for the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, was named
the Division's Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Litigation.

Anne K. Bingaman, Assistant Attorney General in
charge of the Antitrust Division, said Widmar, 59, will oversee the
Division's litigation efforts concerning criminal antitrust matters
such as bid rigging and price fixing.

"Mr. Widmar's vast knowledge and expertise in dealing
with criminal price fixing and bid rigging conspiracies will enable
him to oversee the Division's important initiative to crack down on
illegal nationwide price fixing conspiracies," said Bingaman.

Widmar has served as Director of Operations since
1979, supervising 300 lawyers in Washington, D.C, and seven field offices.

Under Widmar's supervision,
the Division has initiated more than one thousand criminal prosecutions
against corporations and individuals nationwide for conspiring to rig
bids and fix prices on school milk contracts, soft drinks, highway paving
and other major industries.

Widmar has worked in the Antitrust Division for
32 years as a trial attorney, senior litigator, chief of the Trial Section
and Director of Operations.

Before becoming an attorney, Widmar worked for two
years as an electrical engineer for IBM in Poughkeepsie, New York.

In 1985, Widmar received a Presidential Rank Award
for sustained superior accomplishment in the management of programs
of the U.S. government and for noteworthy achievement of quality and
efficiency in the public service. In 1988, he received the Attorney
General's Distinguished Service Award, the second highest award in the
Department of Justice.

Widmar received electrical engineering and law degrees
from the University of Pittsburgh in 1956 and 1961 respectively.

"The Division has been fortunate to have Joe Widmar--a
dedicated and outstanding career government employee--serve in the Antitrust
Division for 32 years. His knowledge in dealing with criminal matters
and keen judgment regarding all antitrust matters continues to be invaluable
to the Division. Indeed, it is an astonishing and absolutely correct
fact that Joe Widmar has supervised the filing of 1,127 of the 2,288
criminal cases filed by the Antitrust Division since the Sherman Act
was enacted in 1890," said Bingaman.

Widmar, a native of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and
his wife, Sandy, live in Beltsville, Maryland. He is the father of three
children.